This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > Psychology > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 8 Psychology And Life Quiz 15 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Psychology is ..... A) The study of how the mind effects the behaviour. B) The study of how human develops. C) The study of how the mind gives perception. D) The study of how ergonomic gives effects to human anthropometry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The study of how the mind effects the behaviour. 2. Who are the people established Gestalt Psychology? A) Kurt Koffka and Wolfgang Kohler. B) Sigmund freud and Carl Jung. C) Ludwig Binswanger and Viktor Frankl. D) Robert Carkhuff and Thomas Gordon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kurt Koffka and Wolfgang Kohler. 3. *According to the serial position effect, you will remember more: A) Items at the beginning and end of a list, than in the middle. B) Items in the middle of a list, than at the beginning and end. C) Vocabulary words if you process them visually. D) Vocabulary words if you process them acoustically. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Items at the beginning and end of a list, than in the middle. 4. Giving the test to a large group of people that represents the kindof people for whom the test is designed is called ..... A) Valuation. B) Purposeful testing. C) Validation. D) Standardization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Standardization. 5. What two psychological approaches dominated psychology from the 1920s to the 1950s? A) The cognitive perspective and structuralism. B) Monism and evolutionary psych. C) Gestalt psych and functionalism. D) Behaviorism and the psychodynamic approach. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Behaviorism and the psychodynamic approach. 6. The part of the neuron that decided if the message will travel to the next neuron or not is the ..... A) Dendrite. B) Myelin. C) Cell body. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cell body. 7. When an action has no apparent result, you may conclude it was ineffective. A) False. B) True. C) Not a causality. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 8. The ..... nervous system contains the brain and spinal cord. A) Peripheral. B) Somatic. C) Central. D) Autonomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Central. 9. Who was the first person to be referred to as a psychologist? (HINT:Who was the first person we discussed?) A) Ivan Pavlov. B) Sigmund Freud. C) Carl Jung. D) Wilhelm Wundt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wilhelm Wundt. 10. What is the main concern of cross-cultural psychology? A) Studying psychological disorders. B) Understanding how culture influences behavior. C) Analyzing brain functions. D) Measuring intelligence across populations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Understanding how culture influences behavior. 11. We communicate in order to: A) To educate, to inform, to entertain, to gather knowledge. B) To establish relationships and to influence others. C) To Solve problems. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 12. Which theorist explained that positive reinforcement makes children more likely to repeat wanted behaviour? A) Skinner. B) Bruner. C) Bandura. D) Bowlby. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skinner. 13. A change in bodily function or activity that occurs more often than 24 hourly is referred to as A) Biological rhythm. B) Ultradian rhythm. C) Infradian rhythm. D) Circadian rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ultradian rhythm. 14. Which IQ tests yield a verbal score and a performance score, as well as an overall score of intelligence? A) Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test. B) Wechsler Intelligence Tests. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wechsler Intelligence Tests. 15. Trauma has effects on which brain region A) Frontal Lobe. B) Cerebral Cortex. C) Hippocampus. D) Hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hippocampus. 16. What does Humanistic Psychology consider essential for personal development? A) Competitive success. B) Strict discipline. C) Open and honest communication. D) Adherence to societal norms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Open and honest communication. 17. A response to the belief that the independent variable will have an effect on the subjects when they haven't been given the independent variable. A) Placebo effect. B) Case study. C) Experiment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Placebo effect. 18. Which of the following is a common method to reduce bias in psychological experiments? A) Using a small sample size. B) Implementing a double-blind procedure. C) Selecting participants based on convenience. D) Allowing participants to choose their group. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Implementing a double-blind procedure. 19. Who pointed out that Lawrence Kohlberg experiment was bias towards white upper-class males? A) Marie Curie. B) Carol Gilligan. C) Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. D) Lady antebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carol Gilligan. 20. What is the term for the mental process that involves the manipulation of information to reach a conclusion or solve a problem? A) Memory. B) Reasoning. C) Attention. D) Perception. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reasoning. 21. Ainsworth's 'Strange Situation' is a procedure used to assess: A) Caregiver-infant reciprocity. B) The critical period for attachment. C) The role of the father in attachment. D) Types of attachment in infants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Types of attachment in infants. 22. What is introspection? A) A method of self-observation in which participants report their thoughts and feelings. B) A method of studying the function (rather than the structure) of consciousness. C) A method of analyzing how organisms learn or modify their behavior based on their response to events or the environment. D) A method of studying how we process, retrieve, and use information and how cognitive processes influence our behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A method of self-observation in which participants report their thoughts and feelings. 23. Treat mental illness with medication. A) Psychodynamic approach. B) Behavioral approach. C) Biological approach. D) Humanistic approach. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biological approach. 24. What is the term for the concept that refers to the influence of early attachment on later relationships and behavior? A) Internal working model. B) Attachment hierarchy. C) Monotropy. D) Interactional synchrony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal working model. 25. Conventions are cultural constraints A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 26. Cultural variations in attachment have been studied by researchers like van Ijzendoorn. What is a common finding in these studies? A) Attachment patterns are universal across cultures. B) Attachment patterns vary significantly across cultures. C) Fathers play a more significant role in attachment in all cultures. D) Cultural variations do not impact attachment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Attachment patterns vary significantly across cultures. 27. Albert Bandura would be best qualified to promote which of the following agendas? A) How parents can learnto avoid displaying aggressive behavior in front of their children. B) How companies canprevent workers from social loafing. C) How governmentagencies can avoid falling into groupthink. D) How to preventdiffusion of responsibility from limiting altruism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How parents can learnto avoid displaying aggressive behavior in front of their children. 28. Which of the following is an example of a positive correlation? A) The more I sleep, the less tired I feel. B) The more it rains, the fewer birds I see in my yard. C) The more I work out, the less I weigh. D) The more I study, the higher my exam score. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The more I study, the higher my exam score. 29. Which describes an educational psychologist? A) Interviews and tests to determine problems. B) Teaches performers how to focus/concentrate on performance and not the crowd. C) Studies the nervous system, sensation, motivation, emotion, memory, and thoughts. D) Focuses on the instructional methods. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Focuses on the instructional methods. 30. Which describes a developmental psychologist? A) Studies changes in emotions, physical, and social in a life span. B) Studies relationships between people and work. C) Studies technical systems to make more user-friendly things. D) Compares the behaviors of different species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Studies changes in emotions, physical, and social in a life span. 31. A psychologist who studied the function (rather than the structure) of consciousness. They study how animals and people adapt to their environments. A) Functionalist. B) Behavioralist. C) Humanist. D) Structuralist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Functionalist. 32. The branch of psychology concerned with the quantification and measurement of mental attributes, behavior, performance, and the like, as well as with the design, analysis, and improvement of the tests, questionnaires, and other instruments used in such measurement. A) Personality. B) Psychometric. C) Educational. D) Industrial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Psychometric. 33. This psychologist was the first woman to become the President of the APA: A) Francis Skinner. B) Dorothea Dix. C) Margaret Washburn. D) Rebecca James. E) Mary Calkins. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Mary Calkins. 34. Anything that a human or non-human animal does is called A) Psychology. B) Behaviour. C) Sociology. D) Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Behaviour. 35. What is the focus of psychoanalytic theory? A) Conscious thoughts and behaviors. B) The role of a person's unconscious thoughts and early childhood experiences. C) Social interactions and relationships. D) Biological processes and genetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The role of a person's unconscious thoughts and early childhood experiences. 36. It is fine for a psychologist or social worker to judge a client if the client is making really damaging or foolish decisions. A) True. B) False. C) Both of these. D) Neither of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 37. ..... psychology focuses on internal mental state A) Clinical psychology. B) Cognitive psychology. C) Counselling psychology. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cognitive psychology. 38. Which of the following is not the drawback of being a counsellor A) Mental exhaustion. B) Comfort. C) Distress. D) Burnout. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comfort. 39. Piaget's term for the knowledge that an object exists even when it is out of sight is ..... A) Object permanence. B) Conservation. C) Centration. D) Accommodation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Object permanence. 40. Since professional athletes are very competitive it is likely that they have what type of personality A) A. B) B. C) D. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 41. What percent of group talk is complaining? A) 50%. B) 60%. C) 90%. D) 80%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 80%. 42. Justine is at a lego factory watching the plastic being poured into the molds, and the pieces being stamped out for each character. This however is not as interesting as when she remembers playing with her completed legos. This experience most likely aligns with which school of psychological thought? A) Gestalt. B) Functionalism. C) Psychodynamic. D) Developmental. E) Humanistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gestalt. 43. Ms. Bown uses her knowledge of a person's cognitive processes to design computer programs that are easier to use. Ms. Bown is most likely a(n) ..... psychologist. A) Human factors. B) Developmental. C) Biological. D) Educational. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Human factors. 44. What is Matched Pairs Design? A) It is where the participants are matched with another participant in another group so that the results can be compared. B) It is an experimental design where different participants are used in each condition of the experiment. C) It is an experimental design where different participants are used in each condition of the experiment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is where the participants are matched with another participant in another group so that the results can be compared. 45. When she stands in front of her classmates, Sraavani cannot recite a poem she had memorized. Sraavani is A) Engaging ingroupthink. B) Performing a taskfunction. C) Displaying socialinhibition. D) Violating a norm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Displaying socialinhibition. 46. A number representing a measure of intelligence, resulting from the division of one's mental age by one's chronological age and then multiplying that quotient by 100. A) Mental range. B) Mean. C) Intelligence quotient (IQ). D) Deviation score. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intelligence quotient (IQ). 47. Which describes a sport psychologist? A) Teaches performers how to focus/concentrate on performance and not the crowd. B) Studies effects of health problems on behavior. C) Treats soldiers with mental illness or emotional distress. D) Measures the traits & determines how they influence behavior and the thought process. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Teaches performers how to focus/concentrate on performance and not the crowd. 48. Psychoanalytic psychology focuses mainly on: A) Rewards and punishments. B) Self-esteem and self-actualization. C) Biology and genetics. D) Internal conflict and unconscious desires. E) Sensation and perception. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Internal conflict and unconscious desires. 49. A psychologist who analyzes how organisms learn or modify their behavior based on their response to events or the environment A) Behaviorist. B) Functionalist. C) Cognitivist. D) Humanist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Behaviorist. 50. Health Psychology focuses on the relationship between the mind and the body. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 51. Which medium of communication would be considered for Formal Communication A) Text Messages. B) Telephonic Conversation. C) E-mail. D) Casual discussions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) E-mail. 52. Lawrence Kohlberg is a ..... psychologist who created the ..... development theory. A) Child; cognitive. B) Clinical; social. C) Bad; good. D) Cognitive; moral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cognitive; moral. 53. A "code of ethics" is most like ..... A) A guide for what to consider or do before, during and after research. B) A set of punishments or consequences. C) A list of things that should be avoided. D) A list of steps that must be taken after research is done. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A guide for what to consider or do before, during and after research. 54. *Which of the following processes is likely to result in the best memory for words? A) Semantic encoding. B) Rote memorization. C) Visual encoding. D) Acoustic encoding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semantic encoding. 55. Biological science focuses on A) Nervous system. B) Hormones. C) Genetics. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 56. Loftus' research showed that the most problematic source of inaccurate eyewitness testimony was from A) Witnesses conferring with each other about the events. B) Leading questions by police and lawyers. C) Underdeveloped schema leading to the witness not understanding their surroundings. D) Witnesses not wanting to participate in legal proceedings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leading questions by police and lawyers. 57. Phrenology was a pseudoscience that believed different portions of the brain were responsible for different functions. True or False? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 58. Which of these options are NOT a task that younger brains are better at? A) Distracted Driving. B) Hearing high frequencies. C) Word scrambles. D) Keeping track of multiple items at a time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Word scrambles. 59. What is a potential drawback of using self-report measures in psychological experiments? A) They require complex statistical analysis. B) They may be subject to social desirability bias. C) They provide objective data. D) They are time-consuming to administer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They may be subject to social desirability bias. 60. What is trephination? A) A method of meditation. B) Drilling holes into the skull. C) A modern psychological practice. D) A type of ancient writing. 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